clean energy

10:25AM
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Federal government continues nonsensical ‘net-zero’ policy

Ottawa wants to reduce oil and gas sector GHG emissions to 42 per cent below 2019 levels by 2030.


10:17AM
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Each party’s climate plan fails basic economics

So-called “clean” energy sources will not be able to entirely replace fossil fuels in the near term.


9:30AM
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Ottawa’s Clean Fuel Standard—overkill in your tank

Tailpipe emissions of nitrogen oxides, particulates and carbon monoxide have fallen by more than half.


9:23AM
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Trudeau’s ‘Clean Fuel Standard’ will likely do more harm than good

The implicit tax rate of $200 per tonne is quadruple the federal carbon tax ceiling.


10:49AM
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Policymakers should drop ‘magical thinking’ and get serious about energy

To store the energy equivalent of one 300-pound barrel of oil, you’d need 20,000 pounds worth of Tesla batteries.


11:56AM
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Report swings and misses at carbon price ‘myths’

Canada’s contribution of greenhouse gases comprises only 1.6 per cent of global emissions.


2:57PM
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Carbon pricing in Canada—myth and reality

The Trudeau government plans to apply a range of new regulations.


10:27AM
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Beware—stealthy carbon tax edges closer to reality

Ottawa boasts about carbon tax “efficiency” while ignoring fundamental principles of carbon taxation.


12:22PM
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Non-market considerations will play a larger role in determining what the private energy sector can do.